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Anna Vissi

Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση; born December 20, 1957), known as Anna Vishy in Cypriot Greek, is a Cypriot–Greek singer, songwriter and actress, known mainly in Greece and her native country of Cyprus, with some international success within Europe, the United States and elsewhere. In the 1980s, Vissi began an exclusive collaboration with Nikos Karvelas, resulting in one of the most successful music partnerships in the nation's history.

From 1995 to 2009, Vissi received 30 platinum certifications in Greece and has become one of the country's best-selling female artist, having sold over 9.5 million records worldwide.[1] Her album Kravgi still remains one of the best-selling albums of the 2000s, and one of the best-selling albums of all time , while two others —Travma and Antidoto— are among the best-selling. She also had some success in the United States, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart with "Call Me".

Biography

Childhood and origins

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Anna Vissi (aged 16) singing on a Cypriot TV show, just before moving to Greece.

Anna Vissi was born on December 20, 1957, in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been singing from a very early age, beginning formal musical studies at the age of six at a local conservatory.[2][3] At the age of twelve she entered a talent competition and won first prize.[4] Two years later, she was the main singer at Ayia Tilliria, which was also her first TV appearance.

In 1973, her family moved to Athens, Greece where she was able to pursue her studies at the National Conservatory.[4] She would eventually appear with a number of well-known Greek singers, such as George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, and Vasilis Papakonstantinou, in the famous nightclubs of Plaka, in Athens.[5] During this time she also studied the law at the University of Athens. Her first important collaboration, alongside George Dalaras, was with composer Stavros Koujioumtzis. Koujioumtzis composed two songs for Vissi, S' Agapo ("I Love You") and Sta Hronia Tis Ipomonis ("In The Years Of Patience"). She also collaborated with many important Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis (1974/1975), Georgios Hadjinassios (1974), Doros Giorgiadis (1974), Nikos Karvelas (who later became her husband; 1975) and Mihalis Terzis (1976).

Late 1970s: Career beginnings

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Anna Vissi and George Dalaras with composer Stavros Koujioumtzis.

In 1977 she went on tour with George Dalaras and Haris Alexiou, giving concerts with the most notable at the Rainbow, London (June).[4] In the same year, she won the prize for best singer and best song (As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi) of the year at the Annual Song Festival of Thessaloniki (Palais des Sports).[3] In 1978 she was proposed by ERT (Greek National Television) to represent Greece at the 23rd Eurovision Song Contest. There were two songs to select from Poso S'Agapo and O Kyrios Nobel. Finally, due to controversies between the composers of the songs, her participation was disqualified and Tania Tsanaklidou went to the contest.

1980–1982: Eurovision Song Contest

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Vissi in Eurovision 1980 & 1982.

In 1980, Vissi participated in the 25th Eurovision Song Contest representing Greece with the song "Autostop" ("Hitch-Hike"), finishing 13th with 30 points.[4] Two years later, she represented her native Cyprus at the 27th Eurovision Song Contest with the song she composed herself "Mono I Agapi" ("Only Love"), which ended 5th with 85 points scoring Cyprus their highest position to date. The songs were not released on any album or single until 2006, when both were released on CD single in time for Vissi's third Eurovision appearance. "Mono I Agapi" however, was released as a 7 -inch single in 1982 with an English version titled "I'm Gonna Be A Fool for You" as a b-side.

1983–1990: Collaboration and marriage to Nikos Karvelas

In 1983 she married Nikos Karvelas, a composer, with whom she collaborated in 1975.[3] After their marriage, she started a close collaboration with Karvelas. Since 1975, all her releases have become gold or platinum and have included songs by Karvelas.[3] In 1986, she participated at the Cypriot National Final for Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Thelo Na Gino Star" ("I Want To Be A Star"), taking second place. This song is still unreleased today.

In 1985, Vissi released her album Kati Simveni ("Something Is Happening") which included one of her most famous songs titled Dodeka ["Twelve (O'Clock)"] and in 1986 I Epomeni Kinisi ("The Next Move"), followed by Empnefsi! ("Inspiration") and Tora ("Now") in 1988.[5].

In 1988 she made her debut as a radio producer on ANT1 Radio. Her radio program was titled after one of her songs ("Ta Koritsia Einai Atakta" - "Girls Are Naughty") and was aired every weekend. In the same year she participated with the song "Kleo" ("I'm Crying") at the Greek National Final for Eurovision Song Contest, finishing third.

In 1989, she released the highly successful studio album Fotia (Fire) being one of the first albums to feature western sounds. The lead single "Pseftika" ("Fake") became a big hit. She performed at the "Diogenis Palace" in that same year, Athens's biggest nightclub/music hall at the time.[4]

1990–1995: Theatrical work and television

Vissi in Daimones.

In the early 1990s, she continued performing around Greece with Nikos Karvelas, with appearances at "Diogenis Palace" and then at "Rex". In November 1991, Vissi and Karvelas starred in the first Greek rock opera, "Daimones" ("Demons").[5] It was based on a libretto by Stavros Sideras and staged at Atticon Theater in Athens for two years. Roger Williams was the director and Anna Vissi (Queen & Rozanne), Yannis Samsiaris (Daniel), Bessy Malfa (Witch & Loa) and John Modinos (Inquisitor) were the leading actors. "Daimones" was played on foreign TV stations and attracted the attention of Broadway agents. A year later, in October 1993, Vissi landed the leading role of Aphrodite, in the one act opera Ode to the Gods by Stavros Sideras.[3] It was held only once in Limassol, Cyprus, during the celebrations for the Commonwealth Day. Then-president of the Republic of Cyprus, Glafkos Clerides, and Queen Elizabeth II, were amongst the audience.

The following years Karvelas and Vissi released albums Lambo in 1992, Emeis in 1992, Live! in 1993, Re! in 1994, and O! Kypros with traditional Cypriot songs in 1995.[5]

In 1994, she was the hostess on the ANT1 weekly TV show Me Agapi, Anna[3], while one year after she did a concert in Cyprus, supporting the defenses of the island.

1996–1998: Klima Tropiko, Travma, and Antidoto

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Vissi holding the 3× platinum certification of Travma.

In February 1996, Vissi released the triple platinum album Klima Tropiko.[6]. The album featured a new sound for Anna Vissi. After giving more than 40 concerts all over Greece, she started winter appearances at club "Haos". In February 1997, Vissi won three Greek Music Awards: Best Female Singer, Best Interpretation, and Biggest Airplay Song.[4]

In April 1997, Vissi released Travma which went gold in twelve days and triple platinum in six months eventually selling 150,000 units.[7][8]

For the winter of 1997-1998, Vissi made appearances at club Gazi. On New Year's Eve, by invitation of the Mayor of Athens, she performed in the Parliament Square in front of more than 20,000 people which was broadcast on TV all over Greece and Cyprus.[5] In March 1998, Vissi broke a record, winning seven Greek Music Awards for her album Travma.

A couple of months later, a new CD single was released with the songs "Crush", "Mavra Gyalia", and "Eleni" as well as a re-release of her multi platinum album Travma with a bonus CD containing songs from previous albums, only in Australia.

Vissi and Karvelas performing at Asteria in 1998.

In April 1998, Vissi released her new studio album titled Antidoto, which sold more than 80,000 copies in just one week, breaking all previous records to that point.[5][6]. The album eventually achieved triple platinum status. During the summer of 1998, Vissi presented a show at club "Asteria".

Later that year, Vissi gave a charity concert at the Presidential Palace in Cyprus, with the presidential orchestra of the Russian Confederacy (Telethon) and continued with two concerts in London, in February 1999 (Forum Music Theatre, Palladium Theatre). Shortly after, there was also a mini-tour in the U.S.A., giving concerts in Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Chicago, Boston and New York (Madison Square Garden).[5] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "A performance so charismatic, so filled with sheer magnetic talent... expect big things from this potential new international star",[5] while the New York Times wrote: "With raised arms and delicately stepping feet, she was no unapproachable, packaged pop diva, but an irrepressible entertainer".[5]

In New York City, Vissi performed a mini-concert for her fans at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. This performance was part of a series of events hosted by the Virgin Megastore, promoting some of the world's biggest stars, with Vissi being the only Greek singer to receive this honor. The event was promoted throughout the tri-state area by KTU (radio station) and was part of "Anna Vissi day" at the biggest Virgin Megastore in the U.S.A..

2000–2001: Everything I Am and Kravgi

Followed by a short break from music, in April 2000 Vissi performed at London's Royal Albert Hall, at the so-called "millennium show," singing in front of people from Sony International, marketing managers from Europe, and fans from the United Kingdom.[9]

On May 13, 2000, she performed as a special guest star in her native Cyprus, at the 49th annual Miss Universe Pageant which took place at the Eleftheria Stadium in Nicosia. She sang for the very first time her song "On a Night Like This"[10], a song later made famous by Australian superstar Kylie Minogue and included on her album Light Years.

Some months later, her first international single was released called Everything I Am, containing the original version and three remixes of the song (Almighty Mix, Eiffel 65 RMX, Groove Brothers Remix), and a song with both Greek and English lyrics called "Moro Mou, No Tomorrow". She also filmed her first video clip of that single, directed by Antti Jokinen (Solar films, Finland), that cost 80,000,000 drachmas (310,000 dollars).

Apart from the English single, she also released a new Greek single called "Agapi Ipervoliki", containing six new songs.[11] It became triple platinum and finally settled at four times platinum.[5][7][8] To promote the single, she started appearances at "Asteria" club with Karvelas and the boy band ONE, with Shaun Fernandez as the choreographer.

In September 2000, she gave a charity concert at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, in front of 12,000 people, with ONE and a group of dancers from Sony International. She sang songs from the very beginning of her career to her current carrier (1973-2001).

The same year she released her international English-language album, called Everything I Am which although started as ambition effort to launch an international career, failed to chart in the US.[10] It contained twelve songs by Russ Ballard, Mark Taylor, Graham Stack, Steve Torch, Paul Stanley, Tina Shafer, Julian Harris, Danielle Gerber and Nikos Karvelas. Producers of the album were Brian Rawling, Ric Wake and Peter Asher.[10] In Greece, after a week, the album reached gold status (20,000 copies +), while Australia, South Africa, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, Finland, Norway, and Asia started to promote it[12], with little success.

In November 2000, Kravgi was released.[13] It was a double album with 24 new songs and included a duet with Katy Garbi. It reached 3× platinum status in one month, setting a record,[14] and eventually went 7× platinum, making it to date one of the most successful albums of the decade, and one of the most successful of all time in Greece.[15]

Some months later, she started appearances with Garbi and the boyband ONE at Fever,[16] while she accepted the invitation of the Mayor of Athens to perform in the Parliament Square, at the celebrations of the New Year's Eve 2001.

Just before Easter, a second single from her international album was released.[17] It was called "Still in Love with You" with remixes (Radio Edit, Soda Club Radio Mix, Soda Club Mix, Soda Club TV Track) and production by Brian Rawling.

On June 6, 2001 she was the main singer in a production in Bucharest (Unirii square, nearby river Dambovitei) along with the No Smoking band and the cinema director and producer Emir Kusturica.[15] The concert (2001, Peace Odyssey) included a multimedia show, opening with a water screen.[16] More than 150,000 people were present.[4] Kusturica along with producer and director Angelos Hadjiandreou undertook the artistic direction of the event, marrying music with the most modern expression of art.

Three months later on September 3, 2001, she gave a concert in Cyprus (GSP Stadium), singing in front of more than 18,000 viewers, for more than three hours.[4] Just a day before, she was awarded for the seven times platinum Kravgi.

2002–2004: Mala, X, and Paraksenes Eikones

Vissi in Mala - I Mousiki Tou Anemou.

In early 2002, Vissi starred in the musical Mala - I Mousiki Tou Anemou, written by Karvelas, based on a true love story that took place during World War II in Auschwitz, between Mala Zimetbaum and Edward Galiñski.[18] The play, which was staged at Palace Theatre in Athens (19 January 2002), was written by her husband Nikos Karvelas, directed by Yannis Kakleas and accompanied by a symphony orchestra conducted by Yorgos Niarhos. The show received positive reviews mostly.. The musical was also shown on Mega Channel a year later. The soundtrack of the album was also released and charted.[18]

In late 2002, Vissi released the album X, which was produced by George De Angelis.[19] Shortly after, the album was featured on CNN's Music Room, where they talked about how the album reached number one in Greece.[20] The album quickly reached number one on the IFPI charts, and was certified 2x platinum. In the winter of 2002-2003, she was at Fever Club in Athens, performing with Giannis Parios.[21]

In May 2003, Vissi performed with Nikos Karvelas and Irini Merkouri at Boom in Thessaloniki, Greece.[22] On July 15, 2003, Vissi gave a concert at A Plaz Voulas/Apollonies Aktes, with special guest star Nikos Karvelas.[23]

In September 2003, Vissi gave another concert in Cyprus, at the Tzirion Stadium in Limassol, to celebrate her 30-year old career. The same year, she was awarded with a prize for her whole contribution from the Cyprus Paralympic Organization, while a square in Larnaca was named after her. She also met and talked with the president of the Republic of Cyprus, in the Presidential Palace, in Nicosia.

Just before 2004, on December 5, 2003, Vissi released the double album Paraksenes Eikones which went 2x platinum in six months.[5][24] This was Vissi's first album since 1981's Anna Vissi that included songs written by other composers besides Nikos Karvelas. The album produced many hits. To promote the album, she started appearing at "Diogenis Studio" for the winter season 2003-2004, with Konstandinos Christoforou, Nino and Hi-5.[24]

2004–2005: "Call Me" and Nylon

On March 31, 2004, Vissi performed in the Liberty Square in Nicosia, at a concert part of the celebrations for Cyprus's entry at the European Union, after an official invitation from the Republic of Cyprus. In May 2004, she went on a small tour in England and the U.S.A.[25], with Lambis Livieratos (with whom she collaborated back in the early '90s), while in July, her album Paraksenes Eikones was re-released with a bonus CD single called Remixes 2004 which went gold.

On 29 August, 2004, Vissi performed at the closing ceremony of the XXVIII Olympiad, in Athens.[26][27] She then gave a concert in Cyprus on September 3, at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, where she sang for the first time her new English song called "Call Me".

Vissi performing in a club in the U.S.A., part of her promotional tour for "Call Me".

On December 20, 2004, Vissi released a live album and DVD[7] which went platinum in its first week of release.[28] After that concert she moved to the U.S.A., for the preparation and promotion of her single "Call Me". In the U.S.A., the single was released by Moda Records.[5] It features twelve remixes, and went to number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart.[29] Anna then performed at the legendary Copacabana in New York for the KTU PartyGras. During the winter and through to the summer of 2005, Anna went around to clubs as part of her Mini-U.S.A. Tour to promote "Call Me". Some of the clubs included, Central, Mirage, DNA, The Sound Garden, and Studio 9.

In July 2005, Vissi returned to Greece and released "Call Me" as a CD single by Sony BMG, along with a new English song titled Lie.[30] The single reached number one on the IFPI singles charts and achieved gold certification. In that same month, Vissi visited the studios to start recording her new Greek album.[31] In August 2005, Anna took to the stage of the Coca-Cola Sound-Wave which was held in Mykonos.[32] There she sang her new English song "Lie" and surprised fans and media by appearing on stage with half her head shaved.[32] This performance was considered by many her come-back to the Greek music scene after being absent for more than a year.[32]

On September 27, 2005, Vissi released a new Greek album titled Nylon.[33] The album went platinum within 24 hours and peaked at number one on the IFPI Greek Top 50 albums chart.[34] Shortly after, in October 2005, the album was released as a dual disc, the first ever to be released in Greece.[5][35] The dual disc featured special footage from her and Nikos Karvelas in the studio. On the CD, Anna has a duet with the lead singer of the hip-hop group Goin' Through called Erota i Polemo (Love or War).[33] The album is different than other albums Vissi has released, with a more rock feel to it as well as a mix of other genres including rock, dance, ballads and hip-hop.[36] On November 24, 2005, Vissi started performances at Club Votanikos in Athens, Greece with Goin' Through, Dimitris Korgialas, Evridiki, and Despina Olympiou until March 2006.[37]

2006–2007: Eurovision Song Contest and World Tour

Greek national broadcaster ERT chose Anna Vissi to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[38] There were four songs to pick from, which Anna Vissi sang during a song selection show on 14 March, 2006 at Votanikos Club.[39] The Greek viewers used televote and SMS messages along with a panel of judges to choose the song they wanted Vissi to sing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[40] Two of the competing songs, were composed by Nikos Karvelas, namely "Everything" and "Who Cares about Love", with Vissi herself writing the lyrics to "Everything".[41] The third song, "A Beautiful Night" was written by composing group Pegasos, while the last song, "Welcome to the Party", was written by Greek composer Dimitris Kontopoulos.[42] "Everything" was selected as the representative song of Greece, winning 47,79% of the votes.[43] The day after the final, Vissi filmed the video clip.[44] Her previous record company, Minos EMI, released a CD single of her two prior Eurovision entries "Autostop" and "Mono I Agapi", shortly after.

After the video to the song was completed, Anna Vissi embarked on a promotional tour across Europe starting on April 12, 2006 with Russia.[45] She also visited Malta, Cyprus, Albania, Serbia & Montenegro, Romania, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, and ended her tour on May 10, 2006 in Israel.[45]

On April 19, 2006 she released a single for her Eurovision entry "Everything". It featured the original version of "Everything" and a remix of it by DJ Valentino and Christodoulos Siganos. Anna then also re-released Nylon as Nylon: Euro-Edition, which includes all of the songs from her album Nylon, as well as the representative song "Everything" in original, remixed and karaoke version.[45] "Euro Edition" also contains the three other Greek Eurovision Preselection songs: "Beautiful Night", "Who Cares About Love" and "Welcome to the Party", which has entered the playlist of American satellite radio station "Sirius Beat".[46]

Vissi performing in Amsterdam in 2007.

During the contest, Anna performed in the 16th spot of the night and appeared alone on stage, wearing a Jean-Paul Gaultier outfit. Although she had been one of the favorites during the pre-contest period, she only managed to get 9th place with 128 points (hers was one of the two pre-qualified entries to finish in the top 10 (the other was Romania).[47] The other eight songs were all qualified from the semi-final). Finland won the contest with the rock band Lordi and their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". In interviews prior to the contest, she had stated that if there was anyone she would like to lose to, it would be the Finnish entry. Lordi had also expressed their liking of the Greek song in interviews, too.

Following the contest, "Everything" was released in Finland on May 24, 2006 by Sony BMG Finland. It has already been released in Sweden and it peaked at 24. It featured a different cover, than the original single. The Dual disk version of Nylon was also re-released with the Eurovision single.[48] Anna gave a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on May 27, 2006.[48] She also had a concert on September 8, 2006 at G.S.P. Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus, which kick-started her Mini-Greek Tour.[49] The tour was called The Best of Anna Vissi 2006 and was covered by Alpha TV.

In the fall of 2006, she embarked on a Greek mini-tour performing around Greece in sold-out concerts as well as Cyprus with Goin' Through.[50]

In the beginning of 2007, Vissi moved to Los Angeles, United States to start work on an English album. In February 2007, she accompanied longtime friend Patricia Field to the Oscars in Los Angeles, California.[51]

Vissi also embarked on a world tour in January 2007. She traveled to Australia with Konstantinos Christoforou and had three concerts in Melbourne and Sydney and from April 10, 2007 through May 1, 2007[52], she toured North America. Along with Takis Zaharatos, she performed in Chicago, New York City, Atlantic City, Connecticut (Foxwoods), Los Angeles, Montreal, and Toronto.[53][54] Vissi continued her tour in October 2007 with a mini-European tour. The concerts included Amsterdam and Brussels with her concert in Paris being cancelled without an explanation. During the tour, she stated that she was only half way through her world tour.

In September 2007, Sony BMG released a compilation titled The Essential Anna Vissi in select markets. The album contains seventeen tracks, including some of Vissi's biggest hits. It also includes the previously leaked, but unofficially released English song "Is it Safe?"

In November 2007, she held a special charity concert in London for the Oinoussian Benevolent Fund. It was held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and she raised £250,000, excluding the entrance tickets costing £200.[55][56]

2008–2009: Apagorevmeno and re-release

On New Year's Day, Vissi kicked off the new year by holding a big concert in her birth town of Larnaca, Cyprus.[57] Vissi spent a large portion of 2007 and 2008 recording her new English album. In an interview with fans, Vissi talked about the album, describing it as “a rock album with unbelievably nice songs, that some of the biggest people in the U.S.A. music industry worked on. It is an album that could only be made in the U.S.A., that represents who I am, and I believe that this album will be a big plus in my career so far.”[58] It was revealed that the album will be released in the first half of 2009.[58]

In February 2008, Vissi signed to Maple Jam Music Group for the management of the release of her upcoming Greek and English albums.[59][60] In April 2008, MAD TV hosted a competition for its "Greek Week" in which visitors to their website were able to vote for their ten favorite Greek music videos, with the winners being showcased in a special "Greek Top 30 Countdown" on April 20. Vissi was the most nominated artist with thirteen videos, and managed to secure the number one position with "Treno", while "Agapi Ipervoliki" came in at number four when the top 30 were announced. [61]

On June 28, 2008, Vissi posted the song "Diri Dakta" that had been recorded previously via her official MySpace for her fans; the song would not appear on her new album.[62] Later in the year, on October 4, 2008, Vissi held a charity gala at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

The bonus track from the Greek album was released on October 29, 2008, along with its music video.[63] The song, titled "To Parelthon Mou" (My Past), is the title track to the Greek film Bank Bang, released in December 2008. The music video for the song was filmed on October 22, 2008, at The Mall Athens.[64] With Cosmote sponsoring the album, three songs from the album were released on November 26, 2008, exclusively on the Cosmote online music store.

Vissi's Greek album Apagorevmeno was released on December 9, 2008, including songs by Patrick Leonard, Adam Cohen, Kara DioGuardi, Glen Ballard, Dan Wilson, Yannis Kefonedes and Vissi herself. The production of this album done by Anna herself, Greg Ladanyi, Patrick Leonard, CJ Vanston and Yannis Kefonedes.[64][65] It was the first album since 1983 not to include any songs or input by Nikos Karvelas. The reason she gave for this in an interview with Down Town Magazine was that the two have gotten tired of each other, but clarified that this does not rule out a collaboration in the future.[66] The album was certified gold in the first week of release, and reached number one on its second week on the charts before settling at 2x platinum status.[7] In August 2009, Apagorevmeno became the first album to have four top ten singles on the official Greek download chart by Billboard since the launch of the chart..[67]

On February 24, 2009, Vissi re-newed her contract with Sony Music Greece.[68]

Anna Vissi had originally planned to start appearances at the Athinon Arena starting in February 2009 as part of her comeback and for promotion for the new album,[69] however, she decided to hold a big concert in Athens during the summer instead, while she did not rule out a summer tour around Greece.[70]. The tour began in July 2009 and all appearances were sold-out throughout Greece. The tour finished with a concert at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus on September 25, 2009; overall the tour was a success for Vissi, who had not performed for the Greek audience in four years.

On November 16, 2009, Apagorevmeno was re-released as Apagorevmeno+ with 3 new songs and two remixes in special ecological packaging.

Vissi started appearances at Athinon Arena on November 6, 2009. She will be onstage with Greek artists: the band Ble, Giorgos Sambanis, Mario, Vera Boufi, Elisavet Spanou, Mihalis Zeis and DJ Dim Trik. The show is named "The Fabulous Show" after her latest single.

2010–present: New Greek album and English album

On January 2010, the song "Treno" from the album Paraksenes Eikones was voted "Song of the Decade" in Cyprus, by the listeners of the most popular radio station in Cyprus, Super FM.

Vissi has recorded a new English language album in Los Angeles, California with a tentative 2010 release date. Some of the songwriters include Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Patrick Leonard and Brian Howes. It was scheduled to be released in the second half of 2009.[58], but Vissi has said she will finish her commitments to "The Fabulous Show" prior to releasing it, thus pushing the date back to 2010.

In July 2010, Vissi confirmed she is currently filming a documentary with film director and friend Christine Crokos, which will focus on Vissi's everyday life.[71] The documentary will probably air on Alpha TV in late 2010, although a contract has not yet been signed with the channel, while other broadcasters are reportedly interested as well. [71]

Anna Vissi will be releasing a new Greek album in the last half of 2010. She has confirmed that she has already recorded the first single, which is due out in September.[72] According to music site Tralala.gr, the new release will feature songs by Nikos Karvelas, Giorgos Sabanis, Giannis Kifonidis, Giannis Hristodoulopoulos, Alex Papaconstantinou, and Dimitris Kontopoulos respectively,[73] although the information has not been confirmed.

Vissi will be appearing with Sakis Rouvas for a concert series at Athinon Arena for the winter season 2010-2011.[74] This will be their first appearance and collaboration together since they both appeared together at club Haos in 1996.[74] This will be Vissi's second year in a row appearing at Athinon Arena. They will both record a duet together, to be released in conjunction with the opening of their live appearances together.[72]

Discography

Main article: Anna Vissi discography

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes and Awards
1994 Me Agapi, Anna
(With Love, Anna)
 Herself/Host Variety show
Theater
Year Title Role Notes and Awards
1991 Daimones
(Demons)
 Queen/Rozanne First Greek Rock Opera
1993 Ode To The Gods Aphrodite One Act Opera
2002 Mala - I Mousiki Tou Anemou
(Mala - The Music Of The Wind)
 Mala Zimetbaum

Tours

  • 1993: 20 Years Live Tour
  • 1996: Klima Tropiko Tour
  • 1997: Travma World Tour
  • 1998-1999: World Tour
  • 2002: Kravgi Australian Tour
  • 2004: 2004 World Tour
  • 2006: Best Of Anna Vissi Tour
  • 2007: 2007 World Tour
  • 2009: Apagorevmeno Summer Tour

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Anna Vissi

See also

References

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1980
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